preordained

It sounds like you took away from it exactly what you came for

Uh huh. And as to the article in question...exactly what is "far right"? I think the Overton window is rapidly running out of shifting room...

The Disappearance of the Universe, by Gary Renard

What the hell is a "generic" white male? Imagine if this was used for other groups...it's messed up

> Tomorrow I have a second interview at a local retail store. I've been a web developer or software engineer for a decade...

Do you mean to say you're giving up on dev due to failures to land a new dev job...or you are trying to transition out of dev and not able to find a job in a new industry?

I guess either way, an anecdote from own personal experience, I was looking at other options myself...I was burnt out on dev, looking to do something related but I thought might take a burden off my shoulders (QA/support), that didn't work out...but long story short, I just decided to embrace who I was--I'm a dev, and I'd like to think a good one, not to say a bigger transition is out of the question, but I found that it was more realistic to adjust my "internal" dials rather than escape to an entirely new career. That may or may not describe you, but I guess I would say to bear in mind the solution isn't always an external change of circumstances.

Wow, that was deep. I appreciate your insight. You've picked up on the toll managing this has take on me. Just reading your understanding response makes me feel better, honestly. Thanks.

Without a dropping a resume...I do back-end in Java/Clojure, React based front end. Domains include automated file transfer and telephony. I can learn whatever if it doesn't require a PHD.

Honestly, my passion/interest/strong suit is tackling problems that matter, and if that involves using a broad swathe of my skillset, all the better. Clojure is probably my favorite language, but I don't fetishize any particular technology. For what it's worth, I don't mind/actually like working on crunchy old legacy code. Often a lot of the business value is tied up in that, and someone has to know how to get in there and make it work.

lol...like Twitter was some kind of bastion of information dissemination for the people, rather than a massive narrative filter and amplifier. The irony is that a lot of people are hoping he can return Twitter to a place of a less restricted conversation...

Your conclusion (if it can be called one?) is very odd. You mean to say, playing a silly game to job hop and make money is awesome, so you should all git gud? I mean, if that's the be all end all for you, I can't disagree...but I think the issue people have is that this process is a circus that relates far less to the work it purports to be filtering for than it presents to be.

Yes, we do, not in the way a lot of people are describing here (push without disruption, a/b testing). We deploy on prem applications that can be managed from the cloud, so when we add a new feature that involves said applications we have to observe which features the deployed application can use (til upgraded) and only display the appropriate ones from the cloud UI.

Having used Clojure for a while now, I will say having 90% of things be a primitive, map, or vector goes a long way in and of itself. A lot of types concocted in a more conventional language just don't need to exist, IMO, and they create so much baggage around themselves.

A Course in Miracles. The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard was my gateway.

The Disappearance of the Universe, by Gary Renard

One thing I feel like is an elephant in the room is that these great new ideas sure aren't being cultivated or drawn out by the VC machine. It seems like in a lot of ways that thing is poison to genuine inspiration. It's about the last thing some people probably want to hear, but a lot of great ideas just seem to be a genuine product of love and curiosity that seems unable to grow in the shadow of something that wants to wring money out of it. It's only if and after it survives to show some promise, far away from eyes sporting money symbols, that it can be shaken down for money.

BJJ, MTG, ACIM

Accretion...

What I've read of this is super readable to me. I really like the practical, matter-of-fact communication style.

I love the look of your site. Very slick. Hope you crush it.

A bootcamp for doctors, that's the ticket!

What is the work you are doing that requires this sort of fundamental knowledge? Just curious, as it seems like most of the business (read: monetary) value is in working much higher in the stack, leveraging the bedrock software already out there. Is there present moving and shaking happening at that level?

They'll never have a greater piece of ammo than the term "anti-vaxxer", which immediately shuts down any discussion involving skepticism of these vaccines.

Betteridge's law strikes again!

> I take offense at such massive overgeneralizations...

Boy, you would make one offended American...

> if it is released it's not something that would detract from his other works or legacy

We don't know that. It could be a viral laughingstock that becomes the new primary association the public holds for the author (I doubt it, but never say never). If he didn't want it released, I'd say honor his wishes.

Neither do people anymore, or at least those who aren't comfortable with that risk, since the vaccine is widely available for all...

If the vaccine works, why in the world do you care who doesn't want to take it?

Note: I corrected my comment to say "debilitating", although relatively "lethal" is probably not inaccurate.

Is not the vaccine available for anyone who wants it? The point of the Yellow Fever vaccine is to get it when traveling to a country where it is prevalent and you don't have the immunity of the local population, and not to bring it back to an unprotected population.

Yellow fever is debilitating at a very high rate...

Be irrational?

I would say my most practical experience with increasing situational awareness came from getting into competitive Magic the Gathering. Misreading a card or a line of play = loss many times; it is very easy to miss a key variable on the board that could make all the difference and if you are the slightest bit inattentive or operating by rote habit, you will miss it.

Clojure with usual suspects; e.g. Ring, etc.